January

Year: 2007

Month: January

MCN Bike Check

12 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

MCN have launched a new service to help put your mind at ease when it comes to buying a bike. MCN Bike Check allows you to see if the bike you are looking at: Is recorded on Police National Computer...

MCN Babe voting closed

11 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Voting lines have now closed for the 2007 MCN Babe competition. We received 120 entries this year and contestants will be sent letters after Friday, January 12, 2007 to tell them if they have made it...

Triumph caught on video

11 January 2007 by Ben Purvis

This new Triumph prototype has been caught testing at the Almeria circuit in Spain. Although it looks a lot like a stock Speed Triple, the bike has a double-sided swingarm similar to that on the Daytona 675, and a different chassis compared to the stock Speed Triple. The exhaust system appear to be from the 1050cc Speed Triple – suggesting this machine has the big 1050cc triple rather than the...

Hailwood video sought

11 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

The widow of Isle of Man great Mike Hailwood is seeking footage of his victory at the 1978 TT races. Pauline Hailwood is looking to obtain any amateur film footage of the event to create a video in...

Team effort...

11 January 2007 by MCN

Recording the vital statistics of the whole team is vitally important to the race strategy…

Chill out time

10 January 2007 by MCN

It’s time to get off those heels and re-apply the make up…

Bikes on TV: Jan 10-16

10 January 2007 by MCN

Each week we publish a list of events happening around the UK, and listings on motorcycling programmes on TV. This is the TV listing for the week beginning Wednesday, January 10 on. KEY TO CHANNELS: DRT – Discovery Real Time DRTE -Discovery Real Time Extra DSC – Discovery Channel MM – Men and Motors EXS – Extreme Sports Channel MOT – Motors TV, SS1 (2, 3 or X) – Sky Sports 1 (2,3 or Extra) EUR1 –...

Honda tops sales chart

10 January 2007 by MCN

Honda’s CBR1000RR has topped the sales charts for 2006 with 2067 of them finding owners. The rest of the sportsbike-dominated chart includes the Suzuki GSX-R600, 750 and 1000 in second, third and...

Video: 1098 on the dyno

10 January 2007 by MCN

Ducati’s new 1098 arrived at the MCN office for the first time last week and caused quite a stir before it was whisked away to get it’s first dyno run. Check out the video to hear just how good the...

Focussed for the race

09 January 2007 by MCN

Sending positive vibes to her rider…

New MCN: January 10

09 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

The Ducati 1098 trounces its rivals in its first UK group test as MCN’s test riders put it to the test against the Aprilia RSV1000R and the Kawasaki ZX-10R. Senior Road Tester, Michael Neeves had the...

Video: Ferrari Supermoto

09 January 2007 by MCN

Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves has been to Italy to test the most exotic and expensive supermoto ever built – the Terra Modena 198. This new model carries a price tag of £15,600 with its Ferrari...

Showing your strength

08 January 2007 by MCN

Hold on to the pole and smile they said. Ok, I can manage that…

Disabled trike insurance

07 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Conquest Trikes are fast, stunning looking machines. Built around a BMW 1150, they’re probably the sexiest vehicles ever designed for disabled users. The first high performance trike that can be...

Sporty babe

07 January 2007 by MCN

Keeping fit around the paddock…

Grant for charity

05 January 2007 by Sarah Carnell

The Disabled Motorcyclists Association has been awarded £4,500 from Lloyds Foundation, part of Lloyds TSB. The grant has been awarded for producing their magazine and leaflets, which last year alone...

Pretty babe

05 January 2007 by MCN

Camel use their best assets for promotion

Working on the tan

04 January 2007 by MCN

This racing lark is great, please don’t ever change it to winter!

Desmo RR's going fast

04 January 2007 by MCN

Any doubts Ducati had about the Desmosidici RR selling at the huge price of £38,000 a pop are out the window. Ducati Coventry has already sold 20 of the full-blown road-going MotoGP replicas on...

Bonnie's scrambler style

04 January 2007 by MCN

How about this for uber Gallic retro cool? French custom specialist Mecatwin has unveiled this glorious Bonneville flat tracker, available in limited numbers this year. Based on the Bonneville T100,...

Zero traffic Cops

04 January 2007 by MCN

Police forces around the country have admitted to MCN to having zero dedicated traffic cops. We submitted a Freedom of Information Enquiry to every force in the country and found that traffic...

Up the front

03 January 2007 by MCN

Looks like Bennetts were struggling for space to fit in this beauty…

Pro's back track fight

03 January 2007 by MCN

Bikers who face losing the right to ride on the upland tracks of the Isle of Man have received the backing of biking aces Steve Colley and David Knight. The three-times British Trials Champion and...

Bikes On TV: Jan 3-9

03 January 2007 by MCN

Each week we publish a list of events happening around the UK, and listings on motorcycling programmes on TV. This is the TV listing for the week beginning Wednesday, December 20 on. KEY TO CHANNELS: DRT – Discovery Real Time DRTE -Discovery Real Time Extra DSC – Discovery Channel MM – Men and Motors EXS – Extreme Sports Channel MOT – Motors TV, SS1 (2, 3 or X) – Sky Sports 1 (2,3 or Extra) EUR1 –...

£250 for causing death

03 January 2007 by MCN

A teenage van driver who admitted to careless driving causing the death of a biker has received a fine of just £250. Nineteen-year-old John McGuire of Shettleston, Glasgow, was involved in a collision with biker Vincent Crossan in Cumbernauld on April 3 last year (2006). Crash investigators at the scene established that the bike was travelling at 21mph at the time of the accident; however they...